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  • Doing It Right at De Ronde

    Doing It Right at De Ronde

    I was travelling light. I’d managed to get a full glass of beer spilt on me the previous night (good story, for another time) and although I’d quickly rinsed the beer off my only pair of trousers I figured I’d be working outside on the race and should be safe. Sitting on the back of… …

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  • Insider Rides: Marta Bastianelli’s Storck Platinum F3

    Insider Rides: Marta Bastianelli’s Storck Platinum F3

    It may seem unusual for the biggest Flemish race of the year to be one suited to Italian riders. Looking back through the results over the 103 years of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen though reveals that the Italian job is more common than most other countries bar the home side. After all, the original Lion… …

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  • Dear Cycling, We’re Fans

    Dear Cycling, We’re Fans

     The madness that is de Ronde done right by the irreverence of Manual For Speed. We’re definitely fans, of all of the above. …

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  • The Flandrian Diaries: De Ronde

    The Flandrian Diaries: De Ronde

    This was it. The time had arrived. Belgium’s biggest day of the biggest month of racing was finally here, the holiest of days falling on Easter Sunday no less and the church was overflowing with worshippers. Drunk, loud, super-hyped worshippers spread over a 260km diocese, all with their own personal gods who they hoped would… …

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  • Hurt Yourself, Drink Beer, Have Fun

    Hurt Yourself, Drink Beer, Have Fun

    Have you ever really wanted to hurt yourself? On the bike that is… not just riding a really long way, or climbing an alpine pass, or crashing your brains out on a nasty trail. We mean taking the long distance, adding in the toughest cobblestone secteurs of Paris-Roubaix, detouring over to the steepest and roughest… …

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  • Retro Ronde

    Retro Ronde

    Steel bikes, wool jerseys, leather shoes, mesh gloves, hairnets, Belgian brews and cobbles… what’s not to love about the Retro Ronde van Vlaanderen? …

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  • Sagan’s Charger

    Sagan’s Charger

    You’ve got to hand it to Peter Sagan, he’s his own man and stands out among the sea of bland that the road peloton can be. And when you’ve got the skills and strength to back it up, then no-one can tag you with the all show, no go tag. Sagan’s style on the bike,… …

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  • Climbing The Muur

    Climbing The Muur

    For 364 days of the year, at least until 2012, the smooth sealed climb of the Tenbosse doesn’t really exhibit any redeeming features besides the fact that you know what’s coming up in about ten kilometres. It wasn’t often that the script of the Ronde van Vlaanderen played out here, but that’s not to say it… …

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